How to get LinkedIn messages in your email inbox

LinkedIn is where a lot of business conversations start, but its inbox is easy to forget. Here's how to make sure LinkedIn messages reach the place you actually check.

Step 1: Turn on email notifications for messages

1. On LinkedIn, click Me → Settings & Privacy.
2. Open Notifications, then Messages (sometimes listed under “Conversations”).
3. Make sure Email is switched on for new messages.
4. Under Communications → Email frequency, check that messages aren't set to a weekly digest.

Menu names change from time to time; if something has moved, search the settings page for “messages”.

Step 2: Label them so they stand out

In Gmail, create a filter for emails from LinkedIn that contain “sent you a new message” or “replied to your message” and give them a LinkedIn label that never skips the inbox. Leave LinkedIn's other notifications (job alerts, “who viewed your profile”) to skip the inbox.

The limits to know about

• You can't reply by email. Replying to the notification doesn't reach the person. You have to answer on LinkedIn.
• Long messages may be shortened in the email.
• There's no public LinkedIn messaging API. Tools that promise a “full LinkedIn inbox” usually automate a browser logged in as you, which goes against LinkedIn's user agreement and risks your account.

How Senvoro handles LinkedIn

Senvoro reads those LinkedIn notification emails from your connected Gmail or Outlook and turns them into proper LinkedIn conversations in your inbox, grouped by thread and ranked with everything else. The raw notification is hidden, and when you reply, Senvoro opens the right conversation on LinkedIn with your reply copied and ready to paste. Nothing logs in to LinkedIn as you. Details on the LinkedIn integration page.